Primo Carnera

2014-01-10 Sports & Recreation

Author : Joseph S. Page
Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 864/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Primo Carnera written by Joseph S. Page. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At over six and a half feet tall and nearly 300 pounds, heavyweight champion Primo Carnera was a giant for his times, but today "the Ambling Alp" is too often written off as an unskilled oaf and a product of the mob dealings that plagued boxing during the 1930s. He may not have been a natural in the ring, but he worked as hard as any boxer to learn his craft, to be in top condition, and he repeatedly showed that he was tougher than nails. This biography details Carnera's early life and boxing career, his success as a fighter as well as accusations of fight fixing, his strengths and limitations in the ring, and his later career as a wrestler.

The Magnificent Max Baer

2018-08-20 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Colleen Aycock
Release : 2018-08-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 613/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Max Baer written by Colleen Aycock. This book was released on 2018-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California's "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate" not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made him a heartthrob in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). The film was banned in Nazi Germany--Baer had worn a Star of David on his trunks when he TKOed German former champ Max Schmeling. Baer defeated 275-pound Primo Carnera in 1934 for the championship, losing it to Jim Braddock the next year. Contrary to Cinderella Man, (2005), Baer--favored 10 to 1--was not a villain and the fight was more controversial than the film suggested. His battle with Joe Louis three months later drew the highest gate of the decade. This first comprehensive biography covers Baer's complete ring record, his early life, his career on radio, film, stage and television, and his World War II army service.

Beyond the Ring

1990 Boxing

Author : Jeffrey T. Sammons
Release : 1990
Genre : Boxing
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Book Rating : 455/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beyond the Ring written by Jeffrey T. Sammons. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the ruin waiting for almost all those ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. The author confirms the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters, and the traditional racism of the American ring.

Primo

1999 Boxers (Sport)

Author : Frederic Mullally
Release : 1999
Genre : Boxers (Sport)
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Book Rating : 421/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Primo written by Frederic Mullally. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a phenomenon. The most colossal boxer ever to win the world heavy-weight championship, thereby becoming one of the only three Europeans and the first Italian fighter ever to win the crown. They called him 'Man Mountain', and also a fraud far the way he was promoted to contender status by a series of 'fixed' bouts and media ballyhoo. A 1956 Hollywood film, The Harder They Fall starting Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger, was a thinly disguised story of a giant peasant ruthlessly exploited and abandoned to poverty. The true life story of Primo Carnera: prizefighter; lover; popular idol; tragic victim and, finally, international star of the wrestling ring is far more fascinating. It is told here, for the first time, in a full-length biography, by novelist, biographer, and one-time boxing critic, Frederic Mullally.

Primo

1991 Sports & Recreation

Author : Frederic Mullally
Release : 1991
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 450/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Primo written by Frederic Mullally. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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